This painstaking work faithfully reproduces the shamisen's
unique tones, from delicate reverberations to impassioned,
soul-stirring phrases.

There is a historical "period drama" boom among the younger
generation, fueled by the film and music industry.One theory
holds that the driving forces behind this boom are director
Hayao Miyazaki's most recent works. These animated features
feature historical "old Japan" as their setting, and have
been record-setting national hits within Japanese audiences.
These successful films have granted us a fresh opportunity
to see our country in a different light.

The instrument known as the shamisen can be traced back to
the biwaand other similar instruments derived from China;
there is arguably no sound to which the Japanese ear is more
accustomed. The shakuhachi has little intonation, and the
koto, while gorgeous, has no lightness. A mere three strings
of the Shamisen spun of silken threads express a vast range
of human emotion with rich feeling.

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